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I'm saying 28-54. IMO we aren't that good from top to bottom and we really have no depth. We don't have a top 25 player on this team or 3 top 100 players. Don't expect much and think 28 is due to Monty getting everybody to play hard every night. Enough teams will over look us or mail in enough games so we'll win 20+.

I'm going with 34-48, but would not be the least bit surprised if we got a few more wins than that....team health will naturally play a big part and its a must that Monty develops a knack of knowing who to have in and when...I am not as down on our depth as some seem to be around here, but that's based on a couple guys stepping up and doing their part when called upon...

I'm saying 28-54. IMO we aren't that good from top to bottom and we really have no depth. We don't have a top 25 player on this team or 3 top 100 players. Don't expect much and think 28 is due to Monty getting everybody to play hard every night. Enough teams will over look us or mail in enough games so we'll win 20+.

Wow. I can't believe these statements. I'd like to know who your top 100 are and how the hell did Gordon, Anderson and Davis NOT get in there?

Wow. I can't believe these statements. I'd like to know who your top 100 are and how the hell did Gordon, Anderson and Davis NOT get in there?

You do realize he didn't say that all three weren't in the top 100. He's saying we don't have three, and I'm willing to bet he's omitting Davis probably because he hasn't played in the NBA yet which makes sense.

You do realize he didn't say that all three weren't in the top 100. He's saying we don't have three, and I'm willing to bet he's omitting Davis probably because he hasn't played in the NBA yet which makes sense.

EDIT: he beat me to it lol

Sorry, phrased it badly. My question was how did we NOT have three in the top 100.

But I'll let it pass since I see some reason in rookies not being ranked.

I think we struggle to start, but progressively get better throughout the year. Anderson will be the team MVP, and Davis will win rookie of the year. This record is guessing at injuries too. I say Gordon plays a total number of games somewhere in the 60s. If he played all 82 games, I'd say we're around 42-40.

Also, to dA Throne, no depth? Seriously? Anderson and Davis are both solid starters, while Smith and Lopez are great bigs to have playing the rest of the minutes. We also have Warrick and Thomas to play in case of injury or blow out. At the 3, we have Aminu, X, and Miller, or we could go big and play Davis there, or go small and play Rivers or Mason there. At the 2 we have the ability to play either Gordon, Rivers, Mason, X, or Vasquez. PG is our weakest spot, but we still have 3 guys that can play point in Vasquez, Rivers, and Roberts.

And Davis not top 100? Seriously? Do you realize who #100 is? It's Nick Collison according to NBA Rank.

You really don't think Davis can match Collison's production?

Last year our best player a lot of the time was Jarrett Jack. Barring another 9 game season from Gordon, I don't see how we finish below 30 wins. It's just not plausible to me.

I think we struggle to start, but progressively get better throughout the year. Anderson will be the team MVP, and Davis will win rookie of the year. This record is guessing at injuries too. I say Gordon plays a total number of games somewhere in the 60s. If he played all 82 games, I'd say we're around 42-40.

Also, to dA Throne, no depth? Seriously? Anderson and Davis are both solid starters, while Smith and Lopez are great bigs to have playing the rest of the minutes. We also have Warrick and Thomas to play in case of injury or blow out. At the 3, we have Aminu, X, and Miller, or we could go big and play Davis there, or go small and play Rivers or Mason there. At the 2 we have the ability to play either Gordon, Rivers, Mason, X, or Vasquez. PG is our weakest spot, but we still have 3 guys that can play point in Vasquez, Rivers, and Roberts.

And Davis not top 100? Seriously? Do you realize who #100 is? It's Nick Collison according to NBA Rank.

You really don't think Davis can match Collison's production?

Last year our best player a lot of the time was Jarrett Jack. Barring another 9 game season from Gordon, I don't see how we finish below 30 wins. It's just not plausible to me.

If you look at this roster and see depth I don't know what to tell you man. I like Smith you can make an agruement for him maybe Vasquez. Everybody else however won't see the floor for any contending team.

Once again I don't know how Davis will responed to being a pro. Maybe he'll exceed Collisons production maybe he won't. Until he actually does he's not better than Collison that's the way I see it.

So you're saying Anthony Davis is worse than any other player that has ever played in the NBA because he is a rookie?

Also, on depth - I see a lot of different guys that can produce on any given night off the bench. To me Smith is a great 3rd big off the bench, and Lopez is a great 4th big. I really believe our bigs are some of the stronger in the NBA. Given that we added Rivers, Mason = Belli, and X should improve (even if it's just a little), there is some depth there. There's plenty of different options we can go with this team. Of course it's not the most talented bench, but it's not horrible.

I can see 30 wins. Like Da Throne said, I'm not sold on the depth or our centers for that matter. Lopez has a lot to prove (I'm not sure what people are basing their expectations for him on). Anthony Davis and Austin Rivers will have their games where they show flashes but at the end of the day they haven't played a pro game and haven't come anywhere close to playing over 82. They'll improve over last year but unless the rest of the West performs horribly, I think they are a year away from being mentioned in any type of playoff/.500 season talk.

^ I'm of the opinion that if everything goes perfectly (health, players living up to expectations, chemistry, etc.) the Hornets may be able to threaten for the eighth seed. I would be ecstatic if they got to forty wins.